众议院共和党人已经将调查亨特·拜登和拜登家族的商业交易作为本次会议的首要任务之一，他们仍然表示，尽管亨特·拜登提出了质疑，他们仍计划继续调查辩诉交易和检察官一起。
“这对我们的调查没有任何帮助，”周二早上，在听到认罪协议的消息后，议长凯文·麦卡锡在他的办公室外说。“这实际上应该会加强我们的调查，因为DOJ现在不应该隐瞒任何信息，说还有待调查。他们应该能够向(众议院监督委员会)主席(詹姆斯)卡莫提供他所需要的任何信息。”
2023年6月5日，在华盛顿特区，众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡走向众议院，在美国国会大厦大楼开启立法会议
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虽然美国司法部长魏红星周二上午的声明表明，“调查正在进行中”，但这一声明似乎与亨特·拜登律师的声明不一致，后者称，“我的理解是，对亨特的五年调查已经结束。”
联邦检察官的标准说法是，刑事调查正在进行中，即使它们似乎接近解决。维斯和亨特·拜登同意的决议仍然需要联邦法官的批准。
尽管周二的协议可能会结束法律方面对亨特·拜登的调查，但共和党控制的委员会如众议院监督委员会声称，他们的调查远未结束。
自获得多数席位以来，众议院共和党人已经举行了多次听证会，调查亨特·拜登的商业交易。国会调查人员在整个调查过程中没有获得多少新信息，但鉴于最大的国会委员会主席已经发誓要继续调查，这仍将是一个重要的话题。
众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·卡莫众议员抨击了他所谓的“甜心”认罪协议，并发誓它不会对监督委员会产生影响。
“对亨特·拜登和甜心辩诉交易的这些指控对监督委员会的调查没有影响，”卡莫周二在一份声明中说。
卡莫还提到了对共和党所谓的“拜登犯罪家族”的指控。共和党人没有拿出证据来支持他们的说法。
“在拜登总统参与家庭计划的全部程度被揭露之前，我们不会罢休，”卡莫的声明继续说道。
白宫坚持认为乔·拜登总统和亨特·拜登从未讨论过后者的业务往来。
卡莫的团队收集可疑活动报告亨特·拜登和其他来自财政部的拜登家族成员。可疑交易报告是金融机构提交的报告，旨在标记可疑的银行交易，但它们并不等同于犯罪指控。
就在上周，委员会传讯据报道，前亨特·拜登助手德文·阿彻将出庭作证，因为他“在拜登家族的海外商业交易中发挥了重要作用，包括但不限于中国、俄罗斯和乌克兰”传票。
共和党人继续调查亨特·拜登的努力并非没有一些阻力。
监督委员会的最高民主党人、马里兰州众议员杰米·拉斯金(Jamie Raskin)呼吁众议院共和党将司法部对总统儿子的调查政治化。
拉斯金在一份声明中说:“监督委员会的共和党人提出了关于拜登总统的被揭穿的阴谋论，现在又一次对特朗普任命的美国检察官的工作表示哀叹。”
根据周二提交的法庭文件，亨特·拜登已同意对两项与税收有关的轻罪指控认罪，并进入一个审前分流计划，该计划将使他能够避免因一项与非法持有枪支有关的重罪而被起诉。由韦斯领导的特拉华州美国检察官办公室联邦当局自2018年以来一直在调查亨特·拜登，但调查在2020年总统大选前暂停了几个月。
麦卡锡无视美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)关于国会是否希望直接听取特朗普任命的韦斯的问题。
Republicans vow to keep investigating Biden family in wake of Hunter Biden plea deal
House Republicans, who have made one of their top priorities this session probing Hunter Biden and the Biden family's business dealings, still say they plan to continue their investigations despite Hunter Biden'splea dealwith prosecutors.
"This does nothing to our investigation," Speaker Kevin McCarthy said outside his office Tuesday morning following news of the plea deal. "It actually should enhance our investigation because the DOJ should not be able to withhold any information now, saying there's a pending investigation. They should be able to provide [House Oversight] Chairman [James] Comer with any information that he requires."
While a Tuesday morning statement from U.S. Attorney David Weiss indicates that "the investigation is ongoing," that statement appears at odds with a statement from Hunter Biden's attorney that said, "It is my understanding that the five-year investigation into Hunter is resolved."
It is standard for federal prosecutors to say criminal investigations are ongoing even when they appear to be near a resolution. The resolution agreed to by Weiss and Hunter Biden still needs the approval of a federal judge.
Though Tuesday's deal may end probes into Hunter Biden on the legal front, Republican-controlled committees like House Oversight claim their investigations are far from over.
Since clinching the majority, House Republicans have held numerous hearings looking into Hunter Biden's business dealings. Congressional investigators haven't yielded much new information throughout the course of their investigation, but it will remain a significant talking point given the chairs of the largest congressional committees have already vowed to continue investigating.
Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, slammed what he termed the "sweetheart" plea deal and vowed it will have no impact on the Oversight Committee.
"These charges against Hunter Biden and sweetheart plea deal have no impact on the Oversight Committee's investigation," Comer said in a statement Tuesday.
Comer also alluded to allegations against what the GOP has termed the "Biden crime family." Republicans have produced no evidence to back up their claims.
"We will not rest until the full extent of President Biden's involvement in the family's schemes are revealed," Comer's statement continued.
The White House has maintained that President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden havenever discussedthe latter's business dealings.
Comer's team hascollected suspicious activity reports, or SARs, on Hunter Biden and other members of the Biden family from the Treasury Department. SARs are reports filed by financial institutions to flag questionable banking transactions, but they do not amount to allegations of crimes.
And just last week, the committeesubpoenaedformer Hunter Biden associate Devon Archer to appear for a deposition because he "played a significant role in the Biden family's business deals abroad, including but not limited to China, Russia, and Ukraine," according to thesubpoena.
Republicans' continued efforts to investigate Hunter Biden are not without some pushback.
The Oversight Committee's top Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, called out the House GOP for politicizing the Department of Justice's investigation into the president's son.
"Oversight Committee Republicans have advanced debunked conspiracy theories about President Biden and are now, again, wailing about the work of a Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney," Raskin said in a statement.
Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two tax-related misdemeanor charges and enter a pretrial diversion program that would enable him to avoid prosecution for one felony county related to the illegal possession of a firearm, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Federal authorities with the U.S. attorney's office in Delaware, led by Weiss, had been investigating Hunter Biden since 2018, but the probe was paused for several months ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
McCarthy ignored questions from ABC News about whether Congress wants to hear directly from Weiss, who is a Trump appointee.
